Happy Mother's Day!

There's an in-honor-of-Mother's-Day link up at Newsarama about the best and worst mothers in comic books.

I don't have a lot to say about the Best Mothers list. But the Worst?
Three of the mothers on the list--Catwoman, Black Canary, and the Scarlet Witch--are called bad mothers for reasons having nothing to do with their mothering skills. In fact, they're called bad mothers because--for a variety of reasons, none of which are any of their faults--they lost their children.

(And while the Alien Mom might not be our idea of a "good mom" but as far as her species goes she seems to have been exemplary! :))

And Martha Wayne? Seriously? Because she "never taught Bruce Wayne coping skills"? I think that young Bruce was probably better prepared than most kids his age would have been for dealing with seeing the violent death of both parents--at least he had Alfred, and didn't have to worry about money, living situation, and so forth. I really don't think you can blame Martha for not having long cozy talks with little Bruce about what do do "just in case Daddy and I are shot to death right in front of you."